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HELEN RADKEY
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HELEN RADKEY is an international renowned religion and genealogical researcher, writer and lecturer specializing in issues relating to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons.) Her provocative and controversial articles about that sect have appeared in the American press, and in 1998, the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome published on her Catholic-Mormon research.
Since 1999, Ms. Radkey has reported on the failure of the agreement signed by LDS leaders and Jewish organizations in which the Church promised to halt its proxy baptisms for deceased Jews. The practice continues, despite denials by the Mormon leadership.
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| | Church Drops Bombshell On Jewish Genealogists
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In 1995 the Mormon Church signed an agreement to cease its practice of baptizing deceased Jews who were not direct ancestors of members of their faith and listing them in the IGI. The church also removed from the IGI the names of hundreds of thousands of posthumously baptized Jews. The church also stated that any Jews who found a deceased relative had been baptized could write to request removal of the name if the deceased Jew was not a direct ancestor of a Mormon.
Despite LDS expressions of good will, as time passed rumors were heard that once-removed names were again appearing on the IGI list. By March 2005, Helen Radkey, a former Mormon living in SLC who had been investigating the charges, had uncovered evidence of over 5,000 names. After representatives of several Jewish organizations took these findings to a meeting with Mormon officials a Jewish and Mormon ad hoc committee was formed to study the findings.
Part of the problem is that Mormons who extract names from records are not familiar with Jewish names. Perhaps that elderly name extraction missionary in NY doesnt realize that Fanny Goldberg and Morris Bernstein might be Jewish. The fact that a rabbi married them would give one clue, and that Morris was buried in Beth Moses cemetery give another. The committee hoped to resolve these problems.
Then the church dropped the bombshell on the ad hoc committee. While explaining various LDS practices, David Rencher announced that the LDS Church interprets the phrase direct ancestors to include all descendants of an ancestor and had done so for decades prior to the 95 agreement. So a church member can baptize his 3rd great grandfather and all of the descendants of that 3rd great grandfather, even though he/she is not a direct descendant as that term is generally used. For example, a certain Rabbi who had been martyred in 1659 had been baptized, all of his sons and their families down the line. After all, the church believes in family togetherness.
In other words, if a Mormon claims descent from Rashi or from King David, the LDS Church considers it within the bounds of the 1995 agreement to baptized posthumously every descendant of Rashi or of King David.
The LDS representative stated that the issue was beyond the purview of the committee, and that he turned the matter to Marlin Jensen. In turn, Jensen referred the matter to the leadership of the LDS church. As of mid-November 2005, the Q of 12 was still wrestling with the meaning of direct ancestor.
The above is a synopsis from an article in AVOTAYNU, An International Review of Jewish Genealogy, Fall, 2005, entitled, "Mormon/Jewish Controversy: An Update."
Clearly, this is a giant loophole.
As far as I know, there has still been no revelation on the subject.
| | | The Mormon Church Attempts To Conceal Temple Records For Adolf Hitler
Article Archived: Wednesday, Mar 29, 2006, at 07:21 AM
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On August 30, 1998, Don McAreavy, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, wrote
to the LDS Family History Library asking if LDS proxy temple work had
been performed for Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. McAreavy specifically
wanted to know if temple ordinances had been performed for Hitler and
Braun on September 28, 1993, in the Jordan River Temple, Utah.
A response to this inquiry was sent to McAreavy on September 8, 1998.
Typed on an official letterhead of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, the letter was signed by Mae Dean Ashton. The
address of the sender was shown as: Family History Library, 35 North
West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-3400.
Ashton's reply read as follows:
Dear Mr. McAreavy:
Thank you for your letter of August 30th regarding temple
ordinances for Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun.
We searched the International Genealogical Index TM Addendum and
found no information listed for either. The enclosed printout is the
closest we could find and you will note that birth dates are 1836 and
1838.
No additional information is available.
Sincerely,
Mae Dean Ashton
Team Leader
Photoduplication Unit
The printout Ashton sent McAreavy shows LDS proxy ordinances which
have been performed for Alois Hiedler or Heidler (Hitler), the father
of Adolf Hitler.
In October 1998, McAreavy was able to obtain copies of LDS temple
ordinance records for Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun from Philip Roberts
of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention. These IGI (International Genealogical Index) copies
reveal that Adolf Hitler was "baptized" and "endowed" on December 10,
1993, and "sealed" to his parents on March 12, 1994. These events
took place in the London Temple, England. Robert's copies also show
that Hitler was "sealed" to Braun on September 28, 1993, in the
Jordan River Temple, Utah, and on June 14, 1994, in the Los Angeles
Temple. Roberts sent copies of these records to Ashton.
McAreavy sent another mailing to Ashton on October 17, 1998, again
asking her if she could locate information for Adolf Hitler and Eva
Braun in LDS files. On November 17, 1998, McAreavy mailed a double
registered letter to Ashton. He reminded her that Roberts had sent
documentation to her which seemed to indicate that the Mormon Church
had done temple ordinances for Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. "Would you
please be kind enough to verify if the information that Philip
Roberts provided is both accurate and proof that temple ordinances
were performed for Adolf Hitler," McAreavy wrote.
Ashton replied to McAreavy's November 17 letter on December 2, 1998.
She again insisted that the [Alois Hitler] copies she had sent
McAreavy with her September 8 letter were all that could be located
in the IGI TM [Addendum]. McAreavy was informed that he could soon
expect to receive a reply from the [Family History] Department
Director.On December 29, 1998, McAreavy again wrote to Ashton. He
requested the name and mailing address of the Department Director
because he had received no communication from that person, as
promised by Ashton. When there was no response to this request,
McAreavy wrote directly to the Department Director of the
Photoduplication Department of the Family History Library on January
25, 1999. McAreavy again asked if the Mormon Church had done temple
ordinances for Hitler and Braun.
The following reply, again typed on an official letterhead of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dated March 16, 1999,
was sent to McAreavy from the Family History Library:
To Whom It May Concern:
Subject: Famous or Historical Figures
You recently wrote to inquire if temple ordinances have been
performed for a famous or historical figure. As a matter of policy,
we respond to such requests only when those making the request are
directly related to the person about whom they seek information.
It might be helpful to know that, as an institution, we have no
control over the names individuals submit to receive temple
ordinances. However, we strongly counsel Church members to submit
only the names of those persons to whom they are related.
Furthermore, we believe that ordinances performed in behalf of any
deceased individual are valid only if that person is worthy of and
chooses to accept what has been done in his or her behalf.
The Church spends a great deal of time, effort, and money to make
information available that helps not only its members, but all who
are interested in family history pursuits. You are welcome to use the
resources we provide. We hope you find satisfaction in doing do.
Sincerely,
Family History Department
In this impersonal communication to McAreavy, the LDS Family History
Department clearly avoided taking responsibility for the discrepancy
between Ashton's September 8 denial of LDS temple work for Hitler and
Braun - and the IGI copies, supplied by Roberts, which seem to prove -
beyond a shadow of a doubt - that this notoriously well-known pair
have, indeed, had proxy LDS ordinances performed on their behalf.
At the time McAreavy made his initial inquiry to the Family History
Library on August 30, there were multiple entries in LDS temple
ordinance files which showed that Mormons have performed various
rituals on behalf of Hitler and Braun. These records can still be
accessed. Ashton gave McAreavy incorrect information. Was this a
deliberate evasion of truth? What are the facts?
Adolf Hitler Converts to Mormonism
Current IGI TM Addendum temple ordinance entries for Mr. [Adolf]
Hiedler (Hitler) show that Hitler was "baptized" by Mormons on
September 30, 1993, and "endowed" on April 27, 1994, in the Jordan
River Temple, Utah. This record was in the IGI TM Addendum at the
time of Ashton's denial [to McAreavy of temple ordinance information
for Adolf Hitler] on September 8. I obtained a copy of this
particular record for Hitler from the LDS Family Search Center in the
Joseph Smith Memorial Building in downtown Salt Lake City on July 13,
1998, less than two months before Ashton stated that no such IGI
record existed for Hitler.
If Ashton and her co-workers were not very efficient in their search
for Adolf Hitler temple ordinance entries in the LDS genealogical
computer system, the same could be said for their lack of
thoroughness in locating the same type of records for Eva Braun.
Eva Anna Paula Braun, born in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on February
7, 1912, was "baptized" by Mormons on October 16, 1964, and "endowed"
on February 5, 1965, in the Los Angeles Temple. She had been "sealed"
to her parents some time prior to 1970. This information is current
and is easily accessible in the IGI TM Addendum, in which file Ashton
stated that no information was available for either Hitler or Braun.
These entries for Braun should have been found by genuine seekers. In
this case, it seems these records may have been intentionally
overlooked. Was it easier for McAreavy to be given inaccurate
information rather than present him with any copies which he could
possibly have used against the Mormon Church? Or are the staff of the
Family History Library so poorly skilled at accessing their own
computer files that they missed the entries in question?
In addition to the IGI, which is a huge database of names and vital
information for multimillions of people, with an Ordinance Index
attached, the other significant LDS genealogical file is the
Ancestral File. In this family history archive, LDS ordinance records
may be found attached to pedigree charts.
There are, currently, Ancestral File ordinance records which show
Adolf Hitler was "baptized" on September 4, 1993, "endowed" on
October 12, 1993, and "sealed" to his parents and also Eva Braun on
June 14, 1994 - in the Los Angeles Temple. The June 14 sealing of
Hitler and Braun is the same sealing which Roberts sent copies of to
McAreavy and Ashton. These entries could once be found in the IGI.
They have since been deleted, along with other entries for prominent
Nazis. What is going on here?
Prior to adding the 1997 edition to the IGI, it seems that the Mormon
Church, intent on preserving its public image, attempted to remove
the names of well-known Nazis from the IGI files. Most of the IGI
entries for Adolf Hitler; Mrs. (Adolf Hitler); Adolf Eichmann; Paul
Joseph G๖bbels; Hermann G๖ring; Rudolf Hess; and Heinrich Himmler,
were quietly removed. Also erased were the records for Benito
Mussolini, the dictator of Fascist Italy from 1922 to 1943 and ally
of Hitler and the Third Reich.
But the deletion effort was botched. Some entries were missed, such
as the ones still current for Hitler and Braun, in the IGI and
Ancestral File. The IGI ordinance records for Hitler's deputy, Rudolf
Hess, which correctly showed his place of birth as Alexandria, Egypt,
were deleted - yet other IGI ordinance entries still exist for Hess,
wrongly listing his place of birth as Germany.
Also missed were LDS ordinance records, which still exist in the
Ancestral File, for Paul Joseph G๖bbels and Hermann G๖ring. These
entries, which include baptisms for each of them, may have been
intentionally removed from the IGI files.
The LDS ordinance records, of other well-known Nazis, were apparently
overlooked by Mormons during their IGI purge. These records are
currently accessible [1999] . Included in this liberal list are:
Reinhard Heydrich, "The Father of The Final Solution" - Hitler's plan
to exterminate all Jews in Europe. Alfred Rosenberg, hanged at
Nuremberg for war crimes; Erns R๖hm, once the thuggish leader of
Hitler's Storm Troopers; and Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, * the
famous Desert Fox of World War II.
In May 1994 and March 1996, from LDS genealogical centers, I obtained
numerous Nazi IGI entries which have since been deleted. In this
collection, are copies of the LDS records for Hitler and Braun that
Roberts sent to McAreavy and Ashton, with the additional sealing of
Adolf Hitler to his parents on June 14, 1994. I have IGI copies of
all of the LDS ordinance records for Hitler which are currently in
the Ancestral File - but no longer in the IGI. As well, my copies
show another baptism for Hitler, almost identical to the one still in
the IGI files under Hiedler (Hitler), with the same ordinance dates.
But the deleted entry is listed as Hitler (Hiedler) Adolf, showing a
birth date of 1889. The Hiedler (Hitler) entry shows a birth of 1891 -
so they are different records.
A mysterious record for a Mr, Hitler, of Vienna, Austria, with date
of death 1900, and showing a proxy baptism date of April 15, 1924, in
the Logan Temple, Utah, is also no longer in the IGI files. Other
vanished IGI entries are a sealing of Adolf Hitler to Eva Braun on
October 19, 1993, at the Jordan River Temple, and a baptism for Mrs.
Hitler (Hiedler) on September 10, 1993, and an endowment for her on
March 17, 1994, also in the Jordan River Temple.
The Mormon Church has attempted to deliberately conceal LDS temple
ordinances for Adolf Hitler. This first occurred with the
disappearance of many of the IGI records for Hitler and other
publicly-known evildoers of the Third Reich. Then - there was a
second attempt to cover-up Nazi records when Ashton told McAreavy
that no LDS temple ordinances had been performed for Adolf Hitler and
Eva Braun. Even when confronted by IGI temple records, for Hitler and
Braun, by Roberts - those in charge of the Family History Department
at the Family History Library, representing the genealogical arm of
the Mormon Church, did not want to take responsibility for these
records. Their implausible excuse was that they have no control over
the names individuals submit to receive temple ordinances.
Like a slippery snake in the grass, the Mormon Church may have tried
to dodge public criticism by denying its questionable proxy
recognition of Adolf Hitler - the amoral and evil Nazi genius who
was responsible for the terror and barbarism of the Third Reich and
the loss of millions of innocent lives, before and during World War
11. But LDS ordinance records speak for themselves - Mormons have
repeatedly claimed the unpopular Hitler. Anything stated to the
contrary cannot alter this conclusion.
Deception is not the hallmark of a church with integrity. As the
Mormon Church will eventually find out - even the most artful serpent
can be choked by its own coils!
http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/hitlertemplework.htm
| | | Pope John Paul II Is Now A Mormon - Necro Baptised In A Mormon Temple
Article Archived: Monday, May 29, 2006, at 04:46 AM
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Per Helen Radkey, the woman who has done the Mormon necro dunk research of Jewish Holocaust vicitms now claims the Mormons have necro-baptized Pope John Paul II (Karol Jozef Wojtyla) not only once but four times!
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Searc...
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Searc...
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Searc...
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Searc...
Do any of you have access to the actual temple ordinance records and can check out what temples these baptisms for the dead were performed at? And when? It takes some authorization (temple recommend?) to do this search. Anyone can access the IGI Individual Record, but not the temple ordinance dates.
See if the Pope has been "sealed" to his parents yet or if he has been endowed yet? And which woman will be sealed to him for an eternal spouse?
How tacky is this!
Any Catholics out there - let your leaders know what the Mormons are up to.
I propose that upon Hinckley's demise we organize simultanious sacred ordinance work on his behalf performed by all the major world religious groups. This to be done in front of the Church Administration Building as a half-time show during General Conference.
Hinckley could be sprinkled, circumcized, blessed, oiled, smudged, capped, christened, tattooed, shaved, flaggelated, bar-mitzvahed, deflowered, transubstantiated, penanced, communed, exorcized, confessed, wreathed, kissed, Shalom Zachored, Sal-Girahed and ordained vicariously. We would just be generously returning the favor and Hinckley could chose to either accept or deny the ordinances - no offense taken, of course!
The temples and ordinance dates in the same order as your posting, cut and pasted for accuracy:
Baptism: 20 APR 2006 JRIVE
Endowment: 20 APR 2006 JRIVE
Sealing to Parents: CLEARED
Baptism: 19 APR 2006 MADRI
Endowment: 19 APR 2006 MADRI
Baptism: 11 APR 2006 OGDEN
Endowment: 15 APR 2006 BOUNT
Sealing to Parents: 15 APR 2006 BOUNT
Baptism: 26 APR 2006 SLAKE
Endowment: 26 APR 2006 SLAKE
Sealing to Parents: 26 APR 2006 SLAKE
| From the Salt Lake City Weekly:
Mickey Mouse is alive and well, at least as far as the folks at Disney are concerned--and they should know. According to some prankster, however, the famous rodent is not only dead, but also eligible to be baptized, endowed and sealed (with wife Minnie) in the LDS Church Temple.
While conducting an investigation into the extensive genealogical database operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, researcher Helen
Radkey discovered records detailing the mouse's family tree--complete with clearance for temple ordinances.
According to LDS Church doctrine, since some never receive the opportunity to become Mormons during their lives, church members may engage in rituals like "baptism for the dead," to allow benighted souls to posthumously convert.
We doubt a cartoon mouse would ever be baptized, even by proxy, but the fact that some random ne'er-do-well was able to enter Mickey's name into the database seems to indicate that system security is not what it should be.
Fortunately, church authorities found a way to maintain some control--according to Radkey, after she made her discovery, they banned her Monday from the library.
http://www.slweekly.com/article.cfm/d...
| | | Helen Radkey Banned From Family History Library
Article Archived: Tuesday, Jun 20, 2006, at 07:01 AM
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Helen Radkey, the whistle-blower of the Mormon/Jewish controversy, has been banned from the Mormon Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It is unclear whether she is banned forever or for just 72 hours as one of the men who evicted her stated. She was threatened with arrest if she returned.
At the time Radkey was approached in the Mormon facility, she was adding to her list of Dutch Jews murdered in the Holocaust who have been rebaptized by the Church. These Jews were removed in 1995 as part of the agreement between the Church and Jewish organizations. In the past few months she has found that more than 1,500 names have been added back and her list is growing.
Radkey started making headlines about six years ago when she disclosed to the press that the Mormon Church was not fulfilling its obligation to the Jewish community to limit posthumous baptism to "direct ancestors" as stated in the 1995 agreement. At first, I did not believe her claims because the names that made the headlines were famous Jews, and my investigation of the IGI concluded these famous people were all baptized before the 1995 agreement. But Radkey provided me with additional information that demonstrated that not only were Jews being posthumously baptized after the signing of the 1995 agreement, but that the numbers were in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions.
I am now convinced that when the Church signed the agreement, they had no intent of stopping the practice. This is based on two statements made by a Church spokesman recently. One stated that it is Church doctrine that their mission is the salvation of the entire human race, both living and dead. The second statement was the Church does not go against its doctrine. The agreement they signed goes against Church doctrine.
Rather than being mad at Radkey for bringing to the attention of the Jewish community that the Church is not meeting its commitment, the Church should hire her and give her complete access to the IGI. Since they have stated in the press that they have met the commitment to the Jewish community that they signed in 1995, Radkey should be asked to demonstrate to them how they have violated this commitment, and if she can't, they should call a press conference where Radkey would admit she was wrong.
On a second matter, Radkey reported to me that for a few days the JewishGen web page that documents the controversy was blocked at the Family History Library. The computers at the Library have Internet access. Sites that are offensive to the Church, such as those that present pornography or alcoholic beverages, are blocked. Radkey subsequently reported to me that a few days later the site was available. You can view the JewishGen Infofile at .
| | | Mormon/Jewish Controversy: The Problem That Won't Go Away - More About the Helen Radkey Incident
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In the last issue of Nu? What's New? I described an incident in Salt Lake City where Helen Radkey, the whistle-blower in the Mormon/Jewish controversy, was ejected from the Family History Library.
Some people have told me that the Church had no right to make Radkey leave; it is a public facility. Of course the Church has a right to eject Ms. Radkey; it is a private facility to which the public is invited...and the public can be asked to leave.
In the last issue, I implied, but did not explicitly state, the reason the Church was upset with her. It almost certainly was because Radkey was using the inner aspects of the International Genealogical Index accessible only by password.
When the Jewish genealogical community discovered, in 1992, that 128,000 German Jews murdered in the Holocaust were forcibly baptized by the Church (forcibly in that it was done without their permission), the IGI was an open book. You were able to tell who got baptized, who submitted the name for baptism, when the person was baptized and the source of information. Furthermore, these documents are kept in batches. If you found one record, by analyzing the entire batch you could easily identify other Jews who were posthumously baptized within the group. You could also tell the original source of the information. That is why it was so easy to tell that the entire Gedenkbuch was extracted.
Today, if you go to the IGI, all you know is that someone has had some ordinance performed...unless you have a password. In other words, the Church is in the process of making the IGI a secret database. Is it a coincidence that for decades prior to the signing of the 1995 agreement with Jewish organizations the IGI was an open book and now it is almost closed? Perhaps. The final act will occur in the next year or two. The Church has announced they plan to merge the IGI with pure genealogical information (the IGI is a misnomer--properly, it should be called the International Ordinance Index). Will you be able to tell whether your ancestor was baptized by the Church or was just another genealogical entry in the merged database? The Church has assured the Jewish leadership that the public portion of the Combined Index will include a flag so that any person will know whether it is a genealogy record or a religious record.
Illustration: Example of a document submitted to the Church for the posthumous baptism of the 128,000 German Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Note that the person who extracted the information was faced with the daunting task of writing the words "German Gedenkbuch" 128,000 times, so he bought a rubber stamp to expedite the process. The name/address of the extractor has been blacked out for privacy reasons. The number 1357 at the bottom refers to the page number in the Gedenkbuch from which the Holocaust victim's name was extracted.
Illustration: In the 1960s, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, representing themselves as the Genealogical Society of Utah, approached the Beit Din of London and offered to preserve the birth records of the Jewish community on microfilm. The Jewish group consented. The agreement made no mention of using the records for Mormon rituals. After the microfilm reached Salt Lake City, the contents were distributed to Mormon volunteers who extracted the information, and the Church posthumously baptized hundreds of Jews identified on the birth records. In 1994, Charles Tucker, archivist for the Beit Din, wrote to me and said had they known the information would be used for Mormon religious purposes, they would never have consented to the microfilming of the records.
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